Tables vs. Div/Dav/duv/dei/dutituuuu

[NoteMe]

First I just want to say that I am no web designer, nor web maker or what ever you call it. But I willprbbly get the hang of it when I need it.


Well the question is that I am pretty sure I have heard somewhere that you are not supposed to use tables anymore? Is that always true? I know that it all can be done wih Divs and stuff, but take a look at this page for example:

http://noteme.com/test/


It looks like it would be realy easy to do make with a table or two. Shuld it still be made using Divs and CSS all the way?



Thanks
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[McCain]

That should be done with CSS.

Tables are for displaying data, not doing layout...

Just ask away and we'll help you if you get stuck any where!

[techgnome]

Divs man, divs.... More & more often, people are getting away from using table for layout control and using DIV tags. There's a couple of reasons for this... tables are a pain to maintain. Moving some thing from one spot to another can create a world of hurt. Secondly, there's a growing belief (and rightfully so) that tables are for TABular data... charts, graphs, calendars... things that are best in a grid.

That said... here's a number of things that can be done with tableless (except where it makes sense) layouts:
http://tannagh.com
http://techgnome.anderson-website.net
http://www.chait.net/
http://shadows.os42.com/
http://brokenkode.com
http://www.northernpassages.com/blog/index.php

Cool thing about using CSS for layout control, is that if set up properly, you can give users to your site a new experience each time (by loading a random CSS file) or allow them to customize their experience by allowing them to select a theme.

Tg

[McCain]

You forgot one of the most well know sites that pushes the point of changing layout by only chaning the css behind it: www.csszengarden.com

[NoteMe]

Heheh...ok...thanks guys. I will promise not to try to use tables for my web page.. And of course I will ask when I am stuck. Won't take long...



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